NGC 6470
NGC 6470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6470 as it looked roughly 382 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 6471 NED01Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6598Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6420Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6598Spiral19 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).