NGC 5089
NGC 5089
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5089 as it looked roughly 102 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 5117Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5240Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5347Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5375Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4961Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5240Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5347Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5375Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4961Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4341Spiral20 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).