NGC 6257
NGC 6257
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6257 as it looked roughly 219 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 6131Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1226Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6013Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6504Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6485Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1256Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1226Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6013Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6504Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6485Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 1256Barred spiral55 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).