NGC 6371
NGC 6371
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6371 as it looked roughly 299 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 6364Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6314Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6315Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1269Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6314Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6315Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 1269Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical43 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).