NGC 6211
NGC 6211
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6211 as it looked roughly 278 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 6189Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6223Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6223Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular24 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).