NGC 6430
NGC 6430
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6430 as it looked roughly 142 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 6467Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6500Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6389Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6500Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 6495Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6501Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6389Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular9.8 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).