NGC 6275
NGC 6275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6275 as it looked roughly 315 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 6260Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 1214Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1214Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6393Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6436Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 6299Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6238Spiral40 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).