NGC 5804
NGC 5804
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5804 as it looked roughly 187 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 5797Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 5828Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5828Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral26 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).