NGC 6292
NGC 6292
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6292 as it looked roughly 159 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 6310Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 6373Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6190Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6373Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6190Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral13 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).