NGC 6602
NGC 6602
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6602 as it looked roughly 143 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 6599Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6586Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6671Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6586Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6671Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6547Lenticular19 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).