NGC 6078
NGC 6078
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
434 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 434 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6078 as it looked roughly 434 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 6083Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6113Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1209Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6113Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1209Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral32 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).