NGC 6484
NGC 6484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6484 as it looked roughly 140 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 6427Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6602Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6458Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6602Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral15 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).