NGC 6051
NGC 6051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
452 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
354k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 452 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6051 as it looked roughly 452 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 6075Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6077Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy30 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6077Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy30 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical41 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).