NGC 6502
NGC 6502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6502 as it looked roughly 257 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 4713Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6398Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4672Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4664Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4740Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4771Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6398Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4672Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4664Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4740Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4771Spiral24 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).