NGC 6267
NGC 6267
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6267 as it looked roughly 139 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 6276Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 6278Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6168Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6389Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6278Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6168Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6389Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred 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).