NGC 5763
NGC 5763
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
663 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 663 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5763 as it looked roughly 663 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
IC 4494Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED03Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 1093Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED02Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4516Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED03Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 1093Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED02Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 1094 NED01Elliptical72 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).