NGC 6037
NGC 6037
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6037 as it looked roughly 271 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 6036Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6172Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 6100Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6081Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6172Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 6100Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6132Spiral56 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).