NGC 6390
NGC 6390
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6390 as it looked roughly 148 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 6381Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6373Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6258Elliptical12 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).