NGC 6571
NGC 6571
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6571 as it looked roughly 222 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 6593Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral18 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).