NGC 6201
NGC 6201
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
506 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 506 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6201 as it looked roughly 506 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 6203Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4609Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6233Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6243Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6228Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4609Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6233Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6243Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6228Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular44 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).