NGC 5830
NGC 5830
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5830 as it looked roughly 394 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 5835Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5818Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 4528Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5767Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1033Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5818Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 4528Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 5767Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1033Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral41 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).