NGC 6501
NGC 6501
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6501 as it looked roughly 136 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 6500Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6467Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular15 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).