NGC 5009
NGC 5009
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
445 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 445 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5009 as it looked roughly 445 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 4998Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5001Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 4967Elliptical42 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).