NGC 6194
NGC 6194
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
434 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 434 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6194 as it looked roughly 434 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 6196Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6177Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6197Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6137Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6177Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6197Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6137Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral25 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).