NGC 6409
NGC 6409
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6409 as it looked roughly 287 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 6479Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6466Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 6524Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6466Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 6524Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical41 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).