NGC 5878
NGC 5878
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5878 as it looked roughly 93 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 5890Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5885Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5781Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5885Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5781Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral12 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).