NGC 5727
NGC 5727
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABd
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5727 as it looked roughly 70 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 5582Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5303Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5798Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 5789Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5611Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5301Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5303Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5798Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 5789Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5611Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5301Barred spiral19 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).