NGC 5827
NGC 5827
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5827 as it looked roughly 308 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 5780Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5771Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5773Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1096Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1097Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 5829Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5771Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5773Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1096Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1097Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 5829Spiral45 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).