NGC 6609
NGC 6609
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6609 as it looked roughly 380 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 6592Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6601Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4708Galaxy4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6601Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 6594Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4708Galaxy4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6597Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6521Elliptical16 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).