NGC 6217
NGC 6217
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6217 as it looked roughly 64 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 6412Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4660Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6538Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4660Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6538Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular9.5 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).