NGC 5835
NGC 5835
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5835 as it looked roughly 377 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 5818Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4528Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5767Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5720Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4528Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5767Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5720Barred spiral31 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).