NGC 5750
NGC 5750
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5750 as it looked roughly 77 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 5733Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 5738Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5725Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5738Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5725Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 5746Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5740Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5690Spiral4.7 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).