NGC 6244
NGC 6244
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
206 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 206 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6244 as it looked roughly 206 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 6247Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6125Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6123Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6510Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1241Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6125Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6123Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6510Barred spiral29 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).