NGC 5928
NGC 5928
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5928 as it looked roughly 207 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
IC 1132Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5975Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5980Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5859Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5936Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5975Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5980Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5859Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5936Barred spiral25 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).