NGC 6091
NGC 6091
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6091 as it looked roughly 321 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 1201Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5939Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1129Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6079Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1214Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 5939Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1129Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6079Elliptical32 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).