NGC 6271
NGC 6271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
493 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 493 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6271 as it looked roughly 493 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 6272Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 6269Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6282Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6261Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 6269Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6282Barred spiral16 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).