NGC 5953
NGC 5953
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5953 as it looked roughly 93 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 5954Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 5962Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5962Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral9.8 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).