NGC 5931
NGC 5931
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
610 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
280k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 610 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5931 as it looked roughly 610 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
IC 1122Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 1121Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5919Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 5983Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1121Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5920Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5919Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 5983Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 1106Barred spiral57 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).