NGC 5707
NGC 5707
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
103 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 103 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5707 as it looked roughly 103 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 5602Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5687Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5693Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5687Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5693Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral6.4 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).