NGC 5846
NGC 5846
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5846 as it looked roughly 80 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 5854Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5775Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5831Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5775Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral7.6 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).