NGC 6282
NGC 6282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
492 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 492 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6282 as it looked roughly 492 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 6271Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6272Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6269Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6272Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6269Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral28 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).