NGC 5820
NGC 5820
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5820 as it looked roughly 152 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 5876Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5821Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral9.2 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).