NGC 5687
NGC 5687
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5687 as it looked roughly 101 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 5707Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5602Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5777Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5602Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5673Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5777Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5484Elliptical9.3 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).