NGC 6359
NGC 6359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6359 as it looked roughly 139 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 6306Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6307Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral17 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).