NGC 5913
NGC 5913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5913 as it looked roughly 94 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 5869Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5917Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5846AElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5917Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5846AElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5812Elliptical11 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).