NGC 6075
NGC 6075
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6075 as it looked roughly 448 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 6051Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6077Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6077Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 1156Elliptical40 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).