NGC 6314
NGC 6314
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6314 as it looked roughly 308 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 6315Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6371Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6364Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6321Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6371Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6364Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral42 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).