NGC 6044
NGC 6044
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
464 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 464 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6044 as it looked roughly 464 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 6045Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1181Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1182Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 1181Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical14 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).