NGC 5696
NGC 5696
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5696 as it looked roughly 254 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 5697Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5739Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5598Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular15 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).