NGC 5970
NGC 5970
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5970 as it looked roughly 92 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 1131Elliptical470,000 ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5954Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5953Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5962Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5956Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5954Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5953Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5962Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral7.9 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).