NGC 5289
NGC 5289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5289 as it looked roughly 116 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 5290Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 5313Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5346Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5313Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 4336Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5346Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5350Barred spiral5.1 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).