NGC 5973
NGC 5973
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5973 as it looked roughly 169 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 5891Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5990Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 5793Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 5810Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5937Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1125Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5990Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 5793Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 5810Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 5937Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1125Spiral43 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).