NGC 5990
NGC 5990
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5990 as it looked roughly 175 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 1137Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 5973Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1205Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5936Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1169Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5973Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1205Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 5936Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1169Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral44 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).