NGC 6003
NGC 6003
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6003 as it looked roughly 189 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 6027BLenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6004Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6027ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5980Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6032Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6004Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6027ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5980Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1133Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6032Barred spiral17 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).