NGC 6336
NGC 6336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6336 as it looked roughly 379 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 6329Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6323Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6332Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6323Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral25 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).