NGC 6232
NGC 6232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6232 as it looked roughly 207 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 6324Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6068ALenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6247Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6068ALenticular36 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).