NGC 6086
NGC 6086
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
251k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6086 as it looked roughly 454 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 6077Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6085Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6103Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6085Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6103Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6096Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6076 NED01Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular29 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).