NGC 6288
NGC 6288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
478 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 478 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6288 as it looked roughly 478 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 6289Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1147Galaxy52 million ly
apartIC 1212Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 1154Elliptical76 million ly
apartNGC 6464Barred spiral76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1147Galaxy52 million ly
apartIC 1212Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 1225Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 1154Elliptical76 million ly
apartNGC 6464Barred spiral76 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).