NGC 5909
NGC 5909
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5909 as it looked roughly 329 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 5912Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5836Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5808Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5412Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5836Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5808Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4470Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5712Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 5412Elliptical30 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).