NGC 6202
NGC 6202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6202 as it looked roughly 261 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 6223Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6189Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical20 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).