NGC 5717
NGC 5717
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
515 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 515 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5717 as it looked roughly 515 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 5723Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5721Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5721Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5722Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular19 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).