NGC 6384
NGC 6384
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6384 as it looked roughly 79 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 6509Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6106Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6118Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1197Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6548Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6555Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6106Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6118Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1197Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6548Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6555Spiral33 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).