NGC 6306
NGC 6306
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6306 as it looked roughly 139 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 6307Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6359Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1210Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6359Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1210Spiral16 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).