NGC 5916
NGC 5916
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5916 as it looked roughly 105 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 5915Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5916ABarred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4536Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5890Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5916ABarred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5858Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 4536Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5890Lenticular12 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).