NGC 5899
NGC 5899
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5899 as it looked roughly 123 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 5900Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 5930Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5929Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5950Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5930Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5929Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 5950Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5730Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5731Spiral15 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).