NGC 6630
NGC 6630
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6630 as it looked roughly 125 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 4694Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4782Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4797Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6305Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6707Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4782Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4797Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4821Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6305Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6707Barred spiral22 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).