NGC 6095
NGC 6095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
238k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6095 as it looked roughly 430 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 6191Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1212Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED01Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6170Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6024Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1212Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED01Elliptical40 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).