NGC 5843
NGC 5843
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5843 as it looked roughly 194 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 4451Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4464Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 4518BSpiral34 million ly
apartIC 4421Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4464Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 4518BSpiral34 million ly
apartIC 4421Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular39 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).