NGC 6269
NGC 6269
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
487 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
261k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 487 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6269 as it looked roughly 487 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 6272Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6271Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6261Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6271Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral16 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).