NGC 6592
NGC 6592
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6592 as it looked roughly 379 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 6609Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 4708Galaxy6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6594Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 4708Galaxy6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical14 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).