NGC 6505
NGC 6505
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
543 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 543 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6505 as it looked roughly 543 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 6463Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 6399Lenticular71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6462Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 6399Lenticular71 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).