NGC 5794
NGC 5794
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5794 as it looked roughly 195 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 5828Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5804Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5797Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5804Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5797Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral34 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).