NGC 6361
NGC 6361
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6361 as it looked roughly 186 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 6411Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6510Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6123Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6510Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6123Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral28 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).