NGC 6008
NGC 6008
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6008 as it looked roughly 226 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 6052 NED01Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1132Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1132Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular22 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).