NGC 6011
NGC 6011
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6011 as it looked roughly 358 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
IC 1145Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 6094Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1204Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6094Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1204Spiral18 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).