NGC 6412
NGC 6412
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6412 as it looked roughly 62 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 4660Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 6538Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 6217Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6538Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 6217Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 1254Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6340Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6236Spiral6.5 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).