NGC 6069
NGC 6069
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
537 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 537 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6069 as it looked roughly 537 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 6179Lenticular57 million ly
apartIC 1144Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6162Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 4617Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 6122Barred spiral73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1144Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6162Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 4617Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 6122Barred spiral73 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).