NGC 5489
NGC 5489
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5489 as it looked roughly 139 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 5670Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5266Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4472Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5688Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5266Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5333Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4472Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5365ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5688Spiral14 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).