NGC 5954
NGC 5954
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5954 as it looked roughly 92 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 5953Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 5962Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5962Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5957Barred spiral8.6 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).