NGC 6616
NGC 6616
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6616 as it looked roughly 253 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 6577Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6576Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6576Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6619Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6527Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6580Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6593Elliptical24 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).