IC 6
IC 6
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 6 as it looked roughly 291 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 8Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 106Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7832Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1557Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 12Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 106Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7832Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1557Lenticular22 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).