NGC 6319
NGC 6319
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6319 as it looked roughly 382 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 6317Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 6365BSpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6365ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6391Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6365BSpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6365ABarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6391Elliptical32 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).