NGC 6350
NGC 6350
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6350 as it looked roughly 455 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 1262Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1264Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6312Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6311Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 1263Barred spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1264Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6312Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6311Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 1263Barred spiral56 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).