NGC 5962
NGC 5962
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5962 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 5954Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5953Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5951Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5953Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5956Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5951Barred spiral9.0 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).