NGC 6197
NGC 6197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
449 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 449 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6197 as it looked roughly 449 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 6196Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6194Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6177Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4614Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6194Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6177Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical27 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).