NGC 6508
NGC 6508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6508 as it looked roughly 351 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 6424Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6422Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6423Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6786Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6422Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6423Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6786Spiral38 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).