NGC 5908
NGC 5908
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5908 as it looked roughly 156 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 5905Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5876Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5965Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5971Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5820Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5876Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5965Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5971Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5820Lenticular8.9 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).