NGC 5926
NGC 5926
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5926 as it looked roughly 292 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 5851Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1118Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1092Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1117Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1118Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1092Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1086Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1117Spiral37 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).