NGC 5889
NGC 5889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
601 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 601 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5889 as it looked roughly 601 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
IC 1144Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 5932Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 5933Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5932Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 5717Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4508Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 5933Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 5723Elliptical120 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).