NGC 5890
NGC 5890
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5890 as it looked roughly 95 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 5878Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5781Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4536Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5916Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5781Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4536Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5916Barred spiral12 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).