NGC 6285
NGC 6285
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6285 as it looked roughly 260 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 6286Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6223Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6213Galaxy15 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6223Elliptical17 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).