NGC 5599
NGC 5599
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5599 as it looked roughly 336 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 5543Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5546Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5538Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5563Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5546Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5538Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5563Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5573Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5528Barred spiral15 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).