NGC 6
NGC 6
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6 as it looked roughly 232 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 7836Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 7831Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7819Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 13Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 5376Spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7831Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7819Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 13Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 5376Spiral8.8 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).