NGC 5863
NGC 5863
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5863 as it looked roughly 198 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 5761Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5743Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5734Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5743Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5734Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral37 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).