NGC 5903
NGC 5903
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5903 as it looked roughly 117 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 5898Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4536Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4538Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4468Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5744Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4536Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4538Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4468Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5744Spiral21 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).