NGC 5801
NGC 5801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5801 as it looked roughly 381 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 5803Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5741Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5802Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5741Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular40 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).