NGC 6562
NGC 6562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6562 as it looked roughly 308 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 6479Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6608Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6617Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6497Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6607Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6608Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6617Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6497Barred spiral30 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).