NGC 5808
NGC 5808
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5808 as it looked roughly 338 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 5836Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5912Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5909Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5412Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5607Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1145Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5912Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5909Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5412Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5607Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1145Barred spiral27 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).