NGC 5932
NGC 5932
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
531 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 531 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5932 as it looked roughly 531 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 5933Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 5788Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1144Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 1069Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 5969Elliptical77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5902Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 5788Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1144Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 1069Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 5969Elliptical77 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).