NGC 6290
NGC 6290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
573 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 573 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6290 as it looked roughly 573 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 6462Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 6399Lenticular81 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical90 million ly
apartNGC 6345Barred spiral96 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical98 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6399Lenticular81 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical90 million ly
apartNGC 6345Barred spiral96 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical98 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical98 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).