NGC 5864
NGC 5864
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5864 as it looked roughly 85 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 5846Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5854Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5775Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5854Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5775Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral9.2 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).