NGC 6088 NED01
NGC 6088 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
457 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 457 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6088 NED01 as it looked roughly 457 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 6088 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6095Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6191Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6095Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral47 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).