NGC 6586
NGC 6586
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6586 as it looked roughly 147 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 6587Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6602Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6602Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral15 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).