NGC 6079
NGC 6079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6079 as it looked roughly 353 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 1204Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6071Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1215Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1216Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6071Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 1187Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1215Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1216Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6048Elliptical11 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).