NGC 5828
NGC 5828
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5828 as it looked roughly 189 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 5804Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 5797Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5797Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred 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).