NGC 5841
NGC 5841
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5841 as it looked roughly 59 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 5839Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 5806Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5645Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5806Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5645Barred spiral12 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).