NGC 5888
NGC 5888
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5888 as it looked roughly 406 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 5886Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5853Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4535Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5853Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4535Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5830Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral55 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).