NGC 6434
NGC 6434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6434 as it looked roughly 115 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 6667Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6654Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6869Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6359Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6654Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6869Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6359Elliptical33 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).