NGC 6048
NGC 6048
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
205k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6048 as it looked roughly 362 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 1187Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 1204Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6079Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6011Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1146Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1204Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 6079Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6011Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1146Lenticular12 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).