NGC 6424
NGC 6424
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
364 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 364 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6424 as it looked roughly 364 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 6419Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6422Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6508Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6470Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6422Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6508Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6470Barred spiral24 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).