NGC 6220
NGC 6220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6220 as it looked roughly 325 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 6240Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1242Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6296Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6080 NED02Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 6378Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 6037Lenticular80 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1242Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6296Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6080 NED02Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 6378Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 6037Lenticular80 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).