NGC 6029
NGC 6029
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
483 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 483 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6029 as it looked roughly 483 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 6066Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6009Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6065Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6006Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6007Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6009Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6065Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6006Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6007Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral21 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).