NGC 6338
NGC 6338
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6338 as it looked roughly 381 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 6370Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 4650Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 1250Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1258Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4650Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 1250Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1258Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED01Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical15 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).