NGC 6240
NGC 6240
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
340 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
217k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 340 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6240 as it looked roughly 340 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 6220Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1242Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6296Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6080 NED02Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 6378Barred spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical87 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1242Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6296Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6080 NED02Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 6378Barred spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical87 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).