NGC 5718
NGC 5718
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5718 as it looked roughly 382 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 1042Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1041Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral20 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1041Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral20 million ly
apartIC 1070Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical23 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).