NGC 6658
NGC 6658
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6658 as it looked roughly 192 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 6641Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6680Galaxy5.6 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6680Galaxy5.6 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular28 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).