NGC 5775
NGC 5775
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5775 as it looked roughly 79 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 5746Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5854Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 1048Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5738Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 1066Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5831Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5854Lenticular5.0 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).