NGC 6014
NGC 6014
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6014 as it looked roughly 112 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 6010Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6070Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6063Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1158Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6070Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6063Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1158Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1131Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 5970Barred spiral24 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).