NGC 6085
NGC 6085
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
477 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 477 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6085 as it looked roughly 477 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 6086Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6077Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 6161Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6163Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6077Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 6161Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6163Lenticular41 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).