NGC 5895
NGC 5895
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5895 as it looked roughly 249 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 5893Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5935Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5935Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral16 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).