NGC 6487
NGC 6487
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
359 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 359 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6487 as it looked roughly 359 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 6486Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1277Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 6446Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1277Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 6446Spiral53 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).