NGC 6423
NGC 6423
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6423 as it looked roughly 338 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 6422Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6508Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6424Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6676Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6508Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6424Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6676Barred spiral35 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).