NGC 6524
NGC 6524
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6524 as it looked roughly 262 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 6606Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6566Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1289Galaxy37 million ly
apartIC 1288Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 6646Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6566Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 1289Galaxy37 million ly
apartIC 1288Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 6646Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6409Barred spiral39 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).