NGC 6083
NGC 6083
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6083 as it looked roughly 433 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 6078Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6113Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1209Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6113Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1209Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6050Spiral34 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).