NGC 5674
NGC 5674
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5674 as it looked roughly 349 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 5679ASpiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5650Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 1039Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5650Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 1039Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral21 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).