NGC 5716
NGC 5716
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5716 as it looked roughly 196 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 5743Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5734Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5734Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral25 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).