NGC 6414
NGC 6414
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
776 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
226k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 776 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6414 as it looked roughly 776 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 6331Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED01Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 5640Galaxy180 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral200 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical210 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1261 NED01Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 1261 NED02Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 5640Galaxy180 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral200 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical210 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).