NGC 6534
NGC 6534
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
388 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 388 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6534 as it looked roughly 388 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 6512Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6488Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6521Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6488Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical23 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).