NGC 6234
NGC 6234
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
451 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 451 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6234 as it looked roughly 451 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 NED01Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED02Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 4621Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6230 NED02Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 4621Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular39 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).