NGC 6577
NGC 6577
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6577 as it looked roughly 242 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 6576Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6616Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical20 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).