NGC 6407
NGC 6407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6407 as it looked roughly 214 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 4656Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4674Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4698Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4702Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6614Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6483Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4674Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4698Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4702Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6614Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6483Elliptical20 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).