NGC 5704
NGC 5704
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5704 as it looked roughly 126 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 5630Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5529Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5730Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5899Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5529Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5900Barred spiral17 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).