NGC 5821
NGC 5821
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5821 as it looked roughly 158 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 5820Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5876Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5876Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral8.3 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).