NGC 5914
NGC 5914
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5914 as it looked roughly 272 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 5943Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5947Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5947Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5923Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral18 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).