NGC 6045
NGC 6045
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
467 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
190k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 467 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6045 as it looked roughly 467 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 6044Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 1181Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1182Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 1181Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical11 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).