NGC 5809
NGC 5809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5809 as it looked roughly 132 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 5796Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 1055Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5815Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4476Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5757Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1055Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5815Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4476Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5757Barred spiral14 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).