NGC 5639
NGC 5639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5639 as it looked roughly 166 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 5653Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 5672Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5703Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4497Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5735Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5672Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5703Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 5623Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4497Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5735Barred spiral13 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).