NGC 5439
NGC 5439
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5439 as it looked roughly 88 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 5500Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 5377Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5520Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5448Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5425Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5377Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 5520Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5480Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5448Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5425Spiral9.1 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).