NGC 5693
NGC 5693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5693 as it looked roughly 107 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 5660Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5714Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1029Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5633Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5714Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 1029Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5633Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.8 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).