NGC 6071
NGC 6071
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6071 as it looked roughly 352 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 1187Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6079Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1204Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6094Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6011Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6079Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1204Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6094Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6011Barred spiral14 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).