NGC 6103
NGC 6103
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6103 as it looked roughly 441 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 6089 NED02Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6086Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6086Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral25 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).