NGC 6262
NGC 6262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6262 as it looked roughly 159 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 6190Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6292Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral15 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).