NGC 6395
NGC 6395
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6395 as it looked roughly 54 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 1251Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4660Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1218Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6340Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4660Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1218Barred spiral6.4 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).