NGC 5748
NGC 5748
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
573 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 573 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5748 as it looked roughly 573 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 4495Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1058Spiral69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1062Lenticular52 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 1058Spiral69 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).