NGC 6324
NGC 6324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6324 as it looked roughly 227 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 6232Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6068ALenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6068Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6068ALenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 6636 NED02Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6068Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral51 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).