NGC 6379
NGC 6379
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6379 as it looked roughly 278 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 6375Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1269Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6347Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1268Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6321Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1269Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1236Spiral42 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).