NGC 6581
NGC 6581
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6581 as it looked roughly 209 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 6628Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6641Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6632Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6641Spiral22 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).