NGC 6301
NGC 6301
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
203k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6301 as it looked roughly 393 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 6332Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6343Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical28 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).