NGC 5893
NGC 5893
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5893 as it looked roughly 251 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 5895Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5935Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5935Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral15 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).