NGC 5761
NGC 5761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5761 as it looked roughly 190 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 5734Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 5743Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5726Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5743Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5716Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5863Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5742Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5726Elliptical30 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).