NGC 6088 NED02
NGC 6088 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
445 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 445 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6088 NED02 as it looked roughly 445 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 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6095Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6191Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6095Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral35 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).