NGC 6458
NGC 6458
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
149 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 149 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6458 as it looked roughly 149 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 6460Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6495Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral11 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).