NGC 6054
NGC 6054
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
476 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 476 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6054 as it looked roughly 476 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
IC 1178Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 1181Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1181Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 6034Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral11 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).