NGC 5813
NGC 5813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5813 as it looked roughly 90 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 5792Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5869Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5864Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5869Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral9.7 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).