NGC 5722
NGC 5722
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
501 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 501 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5722 as it looked roughly 501 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 5721Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5723Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1032Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1031Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5683Lenticular22 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).