NGC 6632
NGC 6632
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6632 as it looked roughly 222 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 6665Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4697Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6697Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4697Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6623 NED02Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6697Elliptical19 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).