NGC 5719
NGC 5719
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5719 as it looked roughly 84 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 5713Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 5705Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5733Spiral5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5705Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5691Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5733Spiral5.6 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).