NGC 5399
NGC 5399
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5399 as it looked roughly 169 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 5440Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5401Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5394Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5401Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5341Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5351Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5395Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5394Barred spiral11 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).