NGC 5539
NGC 5539
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
817 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
273k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 817 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5539 as it looked roughly 817 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 5535Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1015 NED01Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1015 NED02Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 975Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 4415Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4428Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1015 NED01Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1015 NED02Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 975Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 4415Spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4428Spiral130 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).