NGC 6486
NGC 6486
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6486 as it looked roughly 375 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 6487Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1277Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6330Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1277Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6330Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical62 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).