NGC 6007
NGC 6007
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
491 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
221k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 491 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6007 as it looked roughly 491 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 6009Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 6006Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6006Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical35 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).