NGC 5977
NGC 5977
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5977 as it looked roughly 377 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 5972Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 1117Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 4573Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1095Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4577Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 4579Elliptical64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1117Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 4573Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1095Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4577Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 4579Elliptical64 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).