NGC 6367
NGC 6367
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6367 as it looked roughly 369 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 1244Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6323Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6320Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6323Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral42 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).