NGC 6385
NGC 6385
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6385 as it looked roughly 156 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 6373Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6381Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral13 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).