NGC 6641
NGC 6641
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6641 as it looked roughly 194 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 6658Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6680Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6660Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6680Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6581Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular29 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).