NGC 5771
NGC 5771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5771 as it looked roughly 320 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 5773Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5780Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5827Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1096Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 4482Barred spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5780Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5827Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 5572Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1096Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 4482Barred spiral64 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).