NGC 6575
NGC 6575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6575 as it looked roughly 323 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
IC 1277Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6640Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6657Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1279Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6518Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6640Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6657Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1279Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy37 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).