NGC 6347
NGC 6347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6347 as it looked roughly 286 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 6375Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6379Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6314Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6379Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6314Spiral42 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).