NGC 5994
NGC 5994
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5994 as it looked roughly 158 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 5996Barred spiral170,000 ly
apartIC 1169Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6004Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1205Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6003Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1169Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6004Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1205Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6003Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral32 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).