NGC 6466
NGC 6466
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6466 as it looked roughly 317 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 6478Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6515Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical31 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).