NGC 6614
NGC 6614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6614 as it looked roughly 211 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 4698Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 4726Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4726Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 4727Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 4730Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4728Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4735Galaxy6.8 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).