NGC 5923
NGC 5923
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5923 as it looked roughly 261 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 5934Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5914Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5895Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5945Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5914Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5895Spiral13 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).