NGC 5929
NGC 5929
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5929 as it looked roughly 119 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 5930Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5950Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5950Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral18 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).