NGC 5744
NGC 5744
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5744 as it looked roughly 124 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 5757Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4476Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5597Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5595Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4476Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 5728Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5796Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5597Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5595Spiral12 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).