NGC 5705
NGC 5705
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5705 as it looked roughly 82 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 5713Spiral630,000 ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5733Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5750Lenticular5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5719Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5733Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5750Lenticular5.5 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).