NGC 6516
NGC 6516
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6516 as it looked roughly 353 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 6536Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6609Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6594Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6609Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral31 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).