NGC 5774
NGC 5774
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5774 as it looked roughly 73 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 1067Barred spiral670,000 ly
apartIC 1066Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1048Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1066Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5845Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1048Barred spiral5.1 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).