NGC 6454
NGC 6454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
419 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 419 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6454 as it looked roughly 419 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 6459Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6382Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6473Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6474Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1267Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6382Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6473Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6474Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1267Barred spiral32 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).