NGC 6260
NGC 6260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6260 as it looked roughly 306 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 6275Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6299Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral36 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).