NGC 5838
NGC 5838
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5838 as it looked roughly 64 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 5806Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 5841Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5839Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5841Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5839Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical7.8 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).