NGC 6221
NGC 6221
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6221 as it looked roughly 70 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 6215Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 4653Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6300Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6673Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6684AIrregular27 million ly
apartIC 4819Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4653Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6300Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6673Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6684AIrregular27 million ly
apartIC 4819Spiral28 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).