NGC 5876
NGC 5876
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5876 as it looked roughly 152 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 5820Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5874Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral11 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).