NGC 5684
NGC 5684
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5684 as it looked roughly 191 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 5686Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 4492Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5695Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4500Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4492Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5695Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 4500Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy11 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).