NGC 6065
NGC 6065
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
471 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 471 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6065 as it looked roughly 471 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 6066Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6074 NED02Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED02Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6074 NED02Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED02Elliptical21 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).