NGC 6464
NGC 6464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
463 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 463 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6464 as it looked roughly 463 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
IC 1267Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6399Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6345Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 6295Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4669Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 6454Elliptical59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6399Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 6345Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 6295Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4669Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 6454Elliptical59 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).