NGC 5839
NGC 5839
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5839 as it looked roughly 57 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 5841Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 5806Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5645Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5806Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5838Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5770Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5645Barred spiral13 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).