NGC 5934
NGC 5934
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5934 as it looked roughly 259 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 5945Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5935Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4566Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5935Barred spiral11 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).