NGC 5679A
NGC 5679A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5679A as it looked roughly 347 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 5674Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5650Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 1039Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5650Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 1039Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5599Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5575Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1007Spiral23 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).