NGC 5991
NGC 5991
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5991 as it looked roughly 317 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 4575Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 4576Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 1138Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4579Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4577Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4573Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4576Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 1138Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4579Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4577Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4573Spiral18 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).