NGC 5959
NGC 5959
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
205k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5959 as it looked roughly 337 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 5978Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5995Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5995Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5883Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 5880Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 5849Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 5872Lenticular50 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).