NGC 5741
NGC 5741
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
370 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 370 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5741 as it looked roughly 370 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 5803Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5801Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5801Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5802Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 5817Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical51 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).