NGC 6161
NGC 6161
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
465 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 465 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6161 as it looked roughly 465 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 6163Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6185Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6185Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED01Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical32 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).