NGC 6512
NGC 6512
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
390 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 390 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6512 as it looked roughly 390 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 6521Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6488Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6534Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6488Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical17 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).