NGC 6490
NGC 6490
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6490 as it looked roughly 151 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 6495Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6458Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral12 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).