NGC 6429
NGC 6429
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6429 as it looked roughly 157 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 6427Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6417Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6417Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 6460Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6458Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6490Elliptical21 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).