NGC 5837
NGC 5837
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
403 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 403 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5837 as it looked roughly 403 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
IC 1095Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1079Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5758Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5736Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1079Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1078Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 5758Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5736Lenticular39 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).