NGC 5846A
NGC 5846A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5846A as it looked roughly 99 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 5869Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5913Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5813Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5913Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular15 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).