NGC 6555
NGC 6555
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6555 as it looked roughly 104 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 6548Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6574Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6570Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6615Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6509Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6574Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6570Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6615Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6509Spiral27 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).