NGC 5676
NGC 5676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5676 as it looked roughly 98 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 5673Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5602Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5689Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5602Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5481Elliptical7.6 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).