NGC 5739
NGC 5739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5739 as it looked roughly 258 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 5696Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5697Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5787Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5697Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5787Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5784Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1028Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5603Lenticular18 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).