NGC 6599
NGC 6599
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6599 as it looked roughly 141 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 6602Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6586Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6671Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6586Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6671Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular16 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).