NGC 6460
NGC 6460
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6460 as it looked roughly 155 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 6458Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6429Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6427Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6490Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6429Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6427Elliptical14 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).