NGC 5874
NGC 5874
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5874 as it looked roughly 146 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 5876Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5820Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5820Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5821Spiral12 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).