NGC 5894
NGC 5894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5894 as it looked roughly 115 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 5985Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5777Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5783Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5687Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5989Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5777Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5783Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5687Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5989Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral21 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).