NGC 6382
NGC 6382
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
413 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 413 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6382 as it looked roughly 413 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 6346Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1252Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6376Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6377Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6454Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1252Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6376Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6377Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6454Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral20 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).