NGC 5769
NGC 5769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
496 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 496 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5769 as it looked roughly 496 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 5790Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1082Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1072Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5847Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1087Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 5855Elliptical48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1082Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1072Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 5847Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1087Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 5855Elliptical48 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).