NGC 6399
NGC 6399
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
502 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
177k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 502 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6399 as it looked roughly 502 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 6345Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6464Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 1267Barred spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 6290Spiral81 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6464Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 1267Barred spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 6290Spiral81 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).