NGC 6370
NGC 6370
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6370 as it looked roughly 383 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 6338Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 1258Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4650Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1250Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1258Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1259 NED02Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4650Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1250Elliptical13 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).