NGC 6084
NGC 6084
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6084 as it looked roughly 423 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 6099Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1209Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6113Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1209Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6098Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6113Lenticular29 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).