NGC 5743
NGC 5743
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5743 as it looked roughly 193 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 5734Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5761Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5761Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5664Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular31 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).