NGC 6056
NGC 6056
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
550 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 550 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6056 as it looked roughly 550 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 1189Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 1194Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED01Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 1195Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6062Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1194Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 1191 NED01Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 1195Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1193Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6062Barred spiral18 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).