NGC 5733
NGC 5733
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5733 as it looked roughly 79 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 5750Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5713Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5705Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5738Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 5713Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5705Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral4.0 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).