NGC 5812
NGC 5812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5812 as it looked roughly 92 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 5885Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5729Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5861Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5729Barred spiral10 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).