NGC 5861
NGC 5861
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5861 as it looked roughly 88 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 5885Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5878Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5781Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5878Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5781Barred spiral10 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).