NGC 5701
NGC 5701
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5701 as it looked roughly 70 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
IC 1024Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5692Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5774Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5692Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5774Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5577Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral6.0 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).