NGC 5728
NGC 5728
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5728 as it looked roughly 132 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
IC 4476Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5757Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5744Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 1055Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5597Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5757Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 5744Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 1055Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 5597Spiral12 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).