NGC 6310
NGC 6310
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6310 as it looked roughly 159 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 6292Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6373Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral13 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).