NGC 6206
NGC 6206
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6206 as it looked roughly 235 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 6130Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1248Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1248Spiral17 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).