NGC 6223
NGC 6223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
247k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6223 as it looked roughly 269 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 6202Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6238Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral18 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).