NGC 5776
NGC 5776
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5776 as it looked roughly 381 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 1070Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 1068Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1073Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1071Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral16 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1068Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1073Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1071Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5765BSpiral16 million ly
apartIC 1054Lenticular18 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).