NGC 6576
NGC 6576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6576 as it looked roughly 239 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 6577Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6593Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6616Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical18 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).