NGC 6264
NGC 6264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
471 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 471 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6264 as it looked roughly 471 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 6263Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6269Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6265Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6270Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6272Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6269Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6265Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6270Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6272Spiral19 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).