NGC 6147
NGC 6147
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6147 as it looked roughly 404 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 6145Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 6150Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED01Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED02Irregular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6173Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6150Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED01Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED02Irregular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6173Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical11 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).