NGC 5791
NGC 5791
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5791 as it looked roughly 154 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 5810Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 1077Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5766Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5793Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4501Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1081Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1077Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5766Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5793Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4501Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1081Lenticular12 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).