NGC 6323
NGC 6323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6323 as it looked roughly 362 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 6336Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6329Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral33 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).