NGC 5880
NGC 5880
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5880 as it looked roughly 352 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 5883Lenticular320,000 ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5872Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular28 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).