NGC 6339
NGC 6339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6339 as it looked roughly 98 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
IC 1265Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6348Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6155Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6675Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6348Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6155Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6675Barred spiral34 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).