NGC 6238
NGC 6238
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6238 as it looked roughly 276 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 6223Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6211Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6299Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6211Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular23 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).