NGC 6386
NGC 6386
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6386 as it looked roughly 329 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 6466Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6478Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6313Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6478Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6479Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6515Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6313Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical41 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).