NGC 5806
NGC 5806
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5806 as it looked roughly 63 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 5838Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5839Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5841Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5839Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical8.7 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).