NGC 6279
NGC 6279
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6279 as it looked roughly 338 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 6313Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6323Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6323Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6386Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral55 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).