NGC 6482
NGC 6482
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6482 as it looked roughly 183 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 6408Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6429Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6641Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6429Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6641Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical32 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).