NGC 5883
NGC 5883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5883 as it looked roughly 352 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 5880Elliptical320,000 ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5872Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5803Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular29 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).