NGC 5972
NGC 5972
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
414 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 414 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5972 as it looked roughly 414 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 5977Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1170Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 1095Barred spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1156Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 1170Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 1095Barred spiral59 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).