NGC 6009
NGC 6009
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
488 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 488 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6009 as it looked roughly 488 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 6006Lenticular970,000 ly
apartNGC 6007Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6007Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5988Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1159Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1163Elliptical34 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).