NGC 5797
NGC 5797
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5797 as it looked roughly 186 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 5804Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 5828Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5828Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 1056Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5794Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 5622Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5875Barred spiral25 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).