NGC 6548
NGC 6548
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6548 as it looked roughly 102 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 6555Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6574Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 6570Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6509Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6615Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6574Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 6570Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6509Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6615Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular28 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).