NGC 6198
NGC 6198
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6198 as it looked roughly 247 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 6213Galaxy5.5 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1231Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral13 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).