NGC 6651
NGC 6651
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6651 as it looked roughly 269 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 6621Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6324Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6622Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6324Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral56 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).