NGC 6650
NGC 6650
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6650 as it looked roughly 329 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 6676Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6679Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6423Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6508Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6679Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6423Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6508Elliptical37 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).