NGC 6246A
NGC 6246A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6246A as it looked roughly 245 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 6246Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6182Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical17 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).