NGC 5499
NGC 5499
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5499 as it looked roughly 393 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 5517Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5527Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5568Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5567Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5616Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 5613Lenticular20 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).