NGC 6315
NGC 6315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
313 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 313 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6315 as it looked roughly 313 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 6314Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6371Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 6364Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6321Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6371Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 6364Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral45 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).