NGC 5983
NGC 5983
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
575 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 575 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5983 as it looked roughly 575 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 5997Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5960Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 1116Elliptical58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5960Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 1116Elliptical58 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).