NGC 6289
NGC 6289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
511 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 511 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6289 as it looked roughly 511 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 6288Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1147Galaxy58 million ly
apartIC 1154Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6303Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1147Galaxy58 million ly
apartIC 1154Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical72 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).