NGC 6190
NGC 6190
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6190 as it looked roughly 156 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 6262Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6292Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular19 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).