NGC 6497
NGC 6497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6497 as it looked roughly 284 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 6491Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6493Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical32 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).