NGC 6447
NGC 6447
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6447 as it looked roughly 314 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 6446Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1279Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy36 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1279Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy36 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical40 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).