NGC 5915
NGC 5915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5915 as it looked roughly 107 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 5916ABarred spiral380,000 ly
apartNGC 5916Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4536Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5890Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5916Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4536Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5890Lenticular14 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).