NGC 5956
NGC 5956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5956 as it looked roughly 89 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 5970Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5954Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5953Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5951Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5957Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5954Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5953Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5951Barred spiral7.6 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).