NGC 5858
NGC 5858
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5858 as it looked roughly 98 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 5885Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5878Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5916Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 1084Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5878Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5916Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 1084Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral10 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).