NGC 5816
NGC 5816
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5816 as it looked roughly 328 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 5817Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5849Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical34 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).