NGC 5854
NGC 5854
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5854 as it looked roughly 79 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 5846Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5775Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1067Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5831Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5775Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1067Barred spiral7.2 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).