NGC 6320
NGC 6320
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6320 as it looked roughly 386 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 6343Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1244Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6301Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 1244Elliptical27 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).