NGC 5239
NGC 5239
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5239 as it looked roughly 327 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 5209Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5210Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5224Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5208Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 900Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5261Spiral14 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).