NGC 6196
NGC 6196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
438 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 438 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6196 as it looked roughly 438 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 6194Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6197Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6177Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6197Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6177Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular26 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).