NGC 5853
NGC 5853
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5853 as it looked roughly 416 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 5888Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4535Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5886Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5755Barred spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4535Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5886Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5755Barred spiral45 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).