NGC 6137
NGC 6137
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
223k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6137 as it looked roughly 430 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 6119Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6120Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6166Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6158Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4611Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6120Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6166Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6158Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4611Spiral22 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).