NGC 6297
NGC 6297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6297 as it looked roughly 234 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 1248Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1241Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6291Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral26 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).