NGC 5688
NGC 5688
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5688 as it looked roughly 131 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 4472Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5670Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5489Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5786Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5670Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5489Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5786Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular19 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).