NGC 5971
NGC 5971
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5971 as it looked roughly 157 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 5965Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5876Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5908Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5876Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral16 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).