NGC 5714
NGC 5714
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5714 as it looked roughly 104 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 5693Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5700Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5633Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5700Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5689Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5633Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5660Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5676Spiral8.0 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).