NGC 6408
NGC 6408
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6408 as it looked roughly 184 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 6482Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6429Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6460Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6429Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular36 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).