NGC 5984
NGC 5984
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5984 as it looked roughly 52 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
IC 1197Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5839Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1014Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5839Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1014Spiral19 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).