NGC 6368
NGC 6368
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6368 as it looked roughly 129 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 6389Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6430Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6615Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6430Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6467Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6615Lenticular28 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).