NGC 5802
NGC 5802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5802 as it looked roughly 356 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 5803Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5880Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular25 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).