NGC 5680
NGC 5680
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5680 as it looked roughly 412 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 1054Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 5718Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 5679BBarred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5619Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 1043Spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5718Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 5679BBarred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 5619Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 1043Spiral44 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).