NGC 6420
NGC 6420
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6420 as it looked roughly 379 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 6471 NED01Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 6470Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6424Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6470Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6424Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral19 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).