NGC 6020
NGC 6020
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6020 as it looked roughly 203 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 6027ELenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6027Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6032Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6027ALenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6027BLenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6027Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6032Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6060Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6027ALenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6027BLenticular10 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).