NGC 5758
NGC 5758
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5758 as it looked roughly 425 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 5747 NED02Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4483Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5782Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 1035Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4483Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1038Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5782Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 1035Elliptical36 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).