NGC 5872
NGC 5872
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
179k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5872 as it looked roughly 348 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 5880Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5883Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular34 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).