NGC 5779
NGC 5779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
530 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 530 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5779 as it looked roughly 530 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 1069Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5788Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 5561Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 5969Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 5540Elliptical61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5788Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 5561Barred spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 5969Elliptical60 million ly
apartNGC 5902Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 5540Elliptical61 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).