) is a lenticular galaxy roughly 310 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. NGC 6600 was discovered in 1864 by Albert Marth. Unlike our own Milky Way, NGC 6600 boasts a tightly wound structure, swirling with stars and gas.<ref name=":2" />
One of the key tools astronomers use to understand galaxies like NGC 6600 is redshift.<ref name=":1" /> This phenomenon occurs when light waves from an object moving away from us stretch out, shifting their colors towards the red end of the spectrum.<ref name":4" /><ref name":1" />
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