NGC 6099
NGC 6099
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6099 as it looked roughly 425 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 6084Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1209Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6098Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1209Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral31 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).