NGC 6461
NGC 6461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
572 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 572 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6461 as it looked roughly 572 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 6303Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 6747Elliptical61 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical86 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6747Elliptical61 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical86 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical86 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).