NGC 5339
NGC 5339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5339 as it looked roughly 126 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 5343Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 5426Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5476Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5426Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5427Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5476Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5493Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5472Spiral12 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).