NGC 6247
NGC 6247
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6247 as it looked roughly 209 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 6244Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6125Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6297Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6123Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1241Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6125Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6297Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6123Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral28 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).