NGC 6547
NGC 6547
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6547 as it looked roughly 126 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 6599Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6602Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6586Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6484Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6602Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6586Spiral23 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).