NGC 6606
NGC 6606
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6606 as it looked roughly 268 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 6524Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6646Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1288Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1289Galaxy24 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6646Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1288Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1289Galaxy24 million ly
apartNGC 6695Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6688Lenticular41 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).