NGC 6021
NGC 6021
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6021 as it looked roughly 218 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 1174Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6030Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6073Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6030Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral19 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).