NGC 6330
NGC 6330
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
405 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 405 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6330 as it looked roughly 405 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 6308Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 1244Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 6270Galaxy57 million ly
apartNGC 6265Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 6486Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 6367Spiral68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1244Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 6270Galaxy57 million ly
apartNGC 6265Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 6486Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 6367Spiral68 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).