NGC 6471 NED01
NGC 6471 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
378 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 378 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6471 NED01 as it looked roughly 378 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 6470Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6598Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6420Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6598Spiral20 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).