NGC 6094
NGC 6094
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
355 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 355 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6094 as it looked roughly 355 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 6011Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1145Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1204Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1145Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1204Spiral16 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).