NGC 5862
NGC 5862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5862 as it looked roughly 408 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 1099Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5835Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 5818Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 5807Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5835Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 1074Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 5818Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 5807Elliptical60 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).