NGC 5807
NGC 5807
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5807 as it looked roughly 396 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
IC 1083Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1046Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1099Spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1046Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 5502Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5671Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1099Spiral56 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).