NGC 5659
NGC 5659
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5659 as it looked roughly 209 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 5629Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1013Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5635Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5553Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1017Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1013Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5635Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5553Spiral11 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).