NGC 6621
NGC 6621
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6621 as it looked roughly 277 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 6651Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6679Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6622Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6493Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6491Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6679Elliptical44 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).