NGC 5772
NGC 5772
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5772 as it looked roughly 227 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 5752Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5754Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5895Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1028Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5754Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 5601Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5895Spiral29 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).