NGC 6628
NGC 6628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6628 as it looked roughly 214 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 6623 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6581Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6632Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular19 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).