NGC 5982
NGC 5982
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5982 as it looked roughly 135 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 5989Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 5987Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1210Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5985Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5894Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5987Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1210Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5985Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5894Spiral21 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).