NGC 6331
NGC 6331
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
738 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
223k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 738 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6331 as it looked roughly 738 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 6414Lenticular71 million ly
apartNGC 5640Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED01Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical200 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5640Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED01Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical200 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).