NGC 6177
NGC 6177
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
204k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6177 as it looked roughly 432 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 6194Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6196Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6196Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral21 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).