NGC 6047
NGC 6047
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
437 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 437 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6047 as it looked roughly 437 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 6050Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 1170Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6099Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1170Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6099Elliptical25 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).