NGC 6495
NGC 6495
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6495 as it looked roughly 147 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 6490Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6467Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral11 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).