NGC 5891
NGC 5891
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5891 as it looked roughly 147 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 5815Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5809Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5810Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1055Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5793Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5809Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5810Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1055Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5793Barred spiral23 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).