NGC 6515
NGC 6515
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6515 as it looked roughly 319 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 6478Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6466Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6560Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6466Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6560Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical33 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).