NGC 6456
NGC 6456
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
576 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 576 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6456 as it looked roughly 576 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 6463Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6303Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical77 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).