NGC 6224
NGC 6224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
422 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 422 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6224 as it looked roughly 422 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 6230 NED02Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4621Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 6234Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4621Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 6234Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical36 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).