NGC 6509
NGC 6509
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6509 as it looked roughly 84 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 6384Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6570Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6548Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6555Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6574Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6106Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6570Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6548Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6555Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6574Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6106Spiral37 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).