NGC 6291
NGC 6291
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6291 as it looked roughly 242 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
IC 1231Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1248Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 6297Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1248Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 6297Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical16 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).