NGC 6615
NGC 6615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6615 as it looked roughly 126 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 6574Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6570Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6501Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6570Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral24 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).