NGC 5995
NGC 5995
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5995 as it looked roughly 354 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 5978Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5959Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5959Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular64 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).