NGC 6381
NGC 6381
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6381 as it looked roughly 152 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 6373Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6390Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6307Lenticular12 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).