NGC 6435
NGC 6435
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6435 as it looked roughly 396 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 6488Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6512Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6365ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4669Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6512Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6365ABarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4669Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical18 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).