NGC 6097
NGC 6097
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
465 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 465 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6097 as it looked roughly 465 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 6126Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 1208Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6122Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6129Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1208Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6122Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6129Elliptical26 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).