NGC 5930
NGC 5930
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5930 as it looked roughly 123 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 5950Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5929Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5929Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral19 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).