NGC 5849
NGC 5849
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5849 as it looked roughly 333 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 5816Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5817Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular25 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).