NGC 6329
NGC 6329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6329 as it looked roughly 380 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 6336Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6323Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6332Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6323Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral24 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).