NGC 5734
NGC 5734
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5734 as it looked roughly 191 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 5743Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5726Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5761Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5726Elliptical31 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).