NGC 6270
NGC 6270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6270 as it looked roughly 453 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 6265Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 6228Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6269Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6264Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 6228Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6269Elliptical35 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).