NGC 6617
NGC 6617
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6617 as it looked roughly 317 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 6608Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6607Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 6562Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral32 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).