NGC 6500
NGC 6500
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6500 as it looked roughly 139 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 6501Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6467Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical12 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).