NGC 6372
NGC 6372
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6372 as it looked roughly 221 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 1256Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 6485Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6504Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6485Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6504Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6571Elliptical43 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).