NGC 6299
NGC 6299
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6299 as it looked roughly 277 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 6238Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6223Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6223Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6202Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6285Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6286Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral26 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).