NGC 5912
NGC 5912
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5912 as it looked roughly 337 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 5909Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5836Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5808Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1145Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5412Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5836Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5808Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1145Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5412Elliptical31 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).