NGC 5974
NGC 5974
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5974 as it looked roughly 94 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 5958Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 4582Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5961Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5789Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5798Irregular17 million ly
apartNGC 6035Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4582Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5961Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5789Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5798Irregular17 million ly
apartNGC 6035Spiral23 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).