NGC 6096
NGC 6096
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
458 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 458 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6096 as it looked roughly 458 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 6076 NED01Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 6077Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6075Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6086Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6051Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6085Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6077Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6075Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6086Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6051Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6085Spiral30 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).