NGC 6182
NGC 6182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6182 as it looked roughly 246 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 6143Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6198Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular14 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).