NGC 6582 NED02
NGC 6582 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
674 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
284k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 674 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6582 NED02 as it looked roughly 674 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 6582 NED01Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1281 NED02Galaxy160 million ly
apartNGC 6290Spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical190 million ly
apartNGC 6787Spiral190 million ly
apartNGC 6399Lenticular210 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1281 NED02Galaxy160 million ly
apartNGC 6290Spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical190 million ly
apartNGC 6787Spiral190 million ly
apartNGC 6399Lenticular210 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).