NGC 6286
NGC 6286
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6286 as it looked roughly 259 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 6285Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1231Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical16 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).