NGC 6587
NGC 6587
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6587 as it looked roughly 146 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 6586Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6495Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral15 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).