NGC 6272
NGC 6272
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6272 as it looked roughly 489 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 6269Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6271Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6282Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6271Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6263Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6282Barred spiral17 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).