NGC 6446
NGC 6446
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6446 as it looked roughly 319 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 6447Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 6433Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1279Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy38 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6433Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1279Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6612Galaxy38 million ly
apartNGC 6575Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6518Elliptical41 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).