NGC 6585
NGC 6585
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6585 as it looked roughly 131 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 6675Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6764Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6703Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6764Barred spiral37 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).