NGC 5885
NGC 5885
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5885 as it looked roughly 94 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 5858Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5878Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5913Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5917Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5878Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5913Spiral13 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).