NGC 5753
NGC 5753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
834 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 834 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5753 as it looked roughly 834 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 5896Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 4539Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 4416Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 4560Lenticular170 million ly
apartIC 4369Barred spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical180 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4539Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 4416Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 4560Lenticular170 million ly
apartIC 4369Barred spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 5391Elliptical180 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).