NGC 6246
NGC 6246
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6246 as it looked roughly 249 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 6246ASpiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6213Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular16 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).