NGC 6521
NGC 6521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6521 as it looked roughly 382 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 6512Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6534Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6609Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6534Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 6592Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6609Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral16 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).