NGC 6189
NGC 6189
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6189 as it looked roughly 262 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 6187Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6223Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6202Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6223Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral16 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).