NGC 6375
NGC 6375
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6375 as it looked roughly 282 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 6379Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1269Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6347Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1269Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral41 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).