NGC 5875
NGC 5875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5875 as it looked roughly 163 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 5821Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5905Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5820Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5876Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5905Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5908Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5820Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5876Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5751Barred spiral15 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).