NGC 5059
NGC 5059
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
684 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
223k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 684 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5059 as it looked roughly 684 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 4223Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5071Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 889Elliptical67 million ly
apartNGC 5186Barred spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3709Barred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 3724Spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5071Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 889Elliptical67 million ly
apartNGC 5186Barred spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3709Barred spiral98 million ly
apartIC 3724Spiral100 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).