NGC 5782
NGC 5782
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
443 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 443 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5782 as it looked roughly 443 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 5758Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED02Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1079Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 5837Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1035Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5747 NED02Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1079Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 5747 NED01Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 5837Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 1035Elliptical43 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).