NGC 6349
NGC 6349
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
538 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 538 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6349 as it looked roughly 538 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
IC 1249Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1245Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4638Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 6311Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6274 NED02Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4617Barred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1245Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4638Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 6311Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6274 NED02Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 4617Barred spiral74 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).