NGC 5787
NGC 5787
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5787 as it looked roughly 256 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 5784Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral16 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).