NGC 5950
NGC 5950
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5950 as it looked roughly 121 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 5930Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5929Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5929Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral21 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).