NGC 5793
NGC 5793
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5793 as it looked roughly 161 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 1077Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5810Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5791Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5726Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5766Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4501Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5810Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5791Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5726Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5766Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4501Spiral19 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).