NGC 5798
NGC 5798
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5798 as it looked roughly 83 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 5789Barred spiral790,000 ly
apartNGC 5961Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5611Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5727Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5958Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5974Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5961Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5611Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5727Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5958Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5974Spiral17 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).