NGC 6191
NGC 6191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
427 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 427 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6191 as it looked roughly 427 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 6170Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6095Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED01Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6095Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED01Elliptical31 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).