NGC 5712
NGC 5712
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5712 as it looked roughly 317 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 4470Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 5295Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1139Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 5909Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1143Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5912Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5295Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1139Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 5909Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1143Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5912Elliptical32 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).