NGC 5989
NGC 5989
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5989 as it looked roughly 134 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 5982Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 5987Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 1210Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5985Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5894Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5987Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 1210Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5985Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5894Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5874Spiral21 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).