NGC 6459
NGC 6459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6459 as it looked roughly 406 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 6454Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6473Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6474Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6382Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6376Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6473Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6474Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6382Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6376Spiral30 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).