NGC 6034
NGC 6034
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6034 as it looked roughly 475 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 1181Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1178Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1178Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 6054Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 1182Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6045Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1173Spiral12 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).