NGC 6077
NGC 6077
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
446 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 446 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6077 as it looked roughly 446 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 6096Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 6086Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6075Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 6051Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6085Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 6086Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6075Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 6051Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6085Spiral36 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).