NGC 6278
NGC 6278
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6278 as it looked roughly 143 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 6267Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 6276Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6389Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6427Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6276Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6389Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6427Elliptical27 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).