NGC 6258
NGC 6258
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6258 as it looked roughly 146 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 6307Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 6306Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6190Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6306Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6359Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6190Spiral13 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).