NGC 5673
NGC 5673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5673 as it looked roughly 97 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5676Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5602Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5689Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5602Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).