NGC 5677
NGC 5677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5677 as it looked roughly 225 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
IC 4420Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1013Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5610Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5629Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5659Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1013Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5610Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5629Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5659Barred spiral16 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).