NGC 5686
NGC 5686
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5686 as it looked roughly 194 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 5684Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5695Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4492Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 4500Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5695Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4492Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 4500Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5675Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5615Galaxy13 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).