NGC 5997
NGC 5997
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
576 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 576 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5997 as it looked roughly 576 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 5983Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5960Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1116Elliptical69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5960Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1122Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 5952Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 5931Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 1116Elliptical69 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).