NGC 5713
NGC 5713
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5713 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 5705Barred spiral630,000 ly
apartNGC 5719Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 5733Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5719Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 5733Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral5.3 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).