NGC 6066
NGC 6066
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
479 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 479 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6066 as it looked roughly 479 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 6065Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6074 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED02Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6074 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6029Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1198Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED01Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1165 NED02Elliptical18 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).