NGC 5933
NGC 5933
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
506 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 506 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5933 as it looked roughly 506 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 5932Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 5788Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 5721Elliptical74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5902Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 5788Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical73 million ly
apartNGC 5721Elliptical74 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).