NGC 6213
NGC 6213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6213 as it looked roughly 251 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
IC 1231Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6198Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6246Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6246ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral13 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).