NGC 6305
NGC 6305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6305 as it looked roughly 126 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 6215ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4694Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6630Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4646Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4721Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6156Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4694Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6630Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4646Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4721Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6156Spiral30 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).