NGC 5796
NGC 5796
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5796 as it looked roughly 133 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 5809Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5815Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5757Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1055Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4476Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5815Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5757Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1055Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4476Lenticular11 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).