NGC 6308
NGC 6308
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6308 as it looked roughly 411 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 6330Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4623Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 6270Galaxy59 million ly
apartNGC 6265Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 6452Galaxy63 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4623Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 6270Galaxy59 million ly
apartNGC 6265Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 6452Galaxy63 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral74 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).