NGC 6560
NGC 6560
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6560 as it looked roughly 328 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 6515Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6466Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 6663Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6478Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6466Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 6663Spiral49 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).