NGC 5784
NGC 5784
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5784 as it looked roughly 253 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 5787Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5860 NED01Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5739Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5696Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5893Barred spiral16 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).