NGC 6552
NGC 6552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
371 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 371 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6552 as it looked roughly 371 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 6536Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6470Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6457Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6470Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical19 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).