NGC 6488
NGC 6488
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
403 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 403 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6488 as it looked roughly 403 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 4669Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6512Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6435Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6512Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical22 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).