NGC 5781
NGC 5781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5781 as it looked roughly 89 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 5878Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5890Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5756Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5885Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5729Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5890Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5861Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5756Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5885Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5729Barred spiral14 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).