NGC 5829
NGC 5829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5829 as it looked roughly 265 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
IC 4517Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1097Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5760Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1076Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1075Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1097Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5760Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1076Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1075Barred spiral33 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).