NGC 5921
NGC 5921
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5921 as it looked roughly 66 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 5838Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5806Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5839Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5806Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5839Lenticular10 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).