Galaxy · Spiral
NGC 5912
NGC 5912 is a galaxy in the direction of the constellation Ursa Minor, 337.0 million light-years away.
| Type | Spiral |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Minor |
| Distance | 337.0 million light-years (103.33 Mpc) |
| Diameter | 161,900 light-years · 1.9 × the Milky Way |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −22.30 |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.77 |
| Luminosity | 3.6 × the Milky Way |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 15h 11m 41.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +75° 23′ 05″ |
| Source | 2MASS Redshift Survey (Huchra et al. 2012) |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.77. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 15° S. North of latitude 15° N it never sets.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out 337 million years ago. At that time complex animals were spreading through the seas and over the land; there were no dinosaurs yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5,978.5 billion years.