NGC 5678
NGC 5678
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5678 as it looked roughly 89 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 5667Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5631Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5631Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5526Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5485Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5389Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5443Barred spiral8.2 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).