NGC 6024
NGC 6024
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6024 as it looked roughly 423 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 6095Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1212Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1083Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1212Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1083Barred spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical50 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).