NGC 5961
NGC 5961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5961 as it looked roughly 82 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 5798Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 5789Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5974Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5958Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4582Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5727Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5789Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5974Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5958Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4582Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5727Spiral20 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).