NGC 6157
NGC 6157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
427 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 427 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6157 as it looked roughly 427 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 6136Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED02Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED01Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED02Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED01Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical31 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).