NGC 6513
NGC 6513
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6513 as it looked roughly 277 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
IC 1269Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6577Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6580Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6577Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral42 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).