NGC 5459
NGC 5459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5459 as it looked roughly 242 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 5504Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5583Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5504BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5504CSpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5583Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5525Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical22 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).