NGC 5939
NGC 5939
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5939 as it looked roughly 311 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
IC 1129Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6091Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1201Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5881Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 5836Barred spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6091Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1201Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5881Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 5836Barred spiral39 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).