NGC 5795
NGC 5795
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5795 as it looked roughly 107 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 5693Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5783Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5714Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5783Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5707Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5714Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral8.2 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).