NGC 5721
NGC 5721
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5721 as it looked roughly 507 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 5723Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5722Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular19 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).