NGC 5783
NGC 5783
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5783 as it looked roughly 111 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 5795Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 1029Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5693Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5687Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1029Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5693Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5687Elliptical12 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).