NGC 5725
NGC 5725
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5725 as it looked roughly 76 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 5692Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1048Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5750Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular4.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5740Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 1048Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5750Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5636Lenticular4.3 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).