NGC 5869
NGC 5869
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5869 as it looked roughly 97 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 5846AElliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5913Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5913Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5813Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5792Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5768Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5864Lenticular14 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).