NGC 5792
NGC 5792
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5792 as it looked roughly 90 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 5768Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5869Lenticular9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5813Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5869Lenticular9.3 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).