NGC 6184
NGC 6184
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6184 as it looked roughly 382 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 6174 NED02Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6174 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6145Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED02Irregular21 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED01Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6147Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6174 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6145Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED02Irregular21 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED01Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6147Spiral24 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).