NGC 6462
NGC 6462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
536 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 536 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6462 as it looked roughly 536 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 6505Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6399Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 6290Spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 6464Barred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6399Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 6290Spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 6464Barred spiral74 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).