NGC 6510
NGC 6510
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6510 as it looked roughly 199 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 6361Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6701Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6411Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6701Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6411Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral30 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).