NGC 5757
NGC 5757
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5757 as it looked roughly 128 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 5744Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 4476Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5597Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5595Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5728Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 4476Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5597Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5595Spiral14 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).