NGC 6162
NGC 6162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
531 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 531 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6162 as it looked roughly 531 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 6179Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 6163Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 4617Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 6185Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 4638Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6161Spiral66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6163Lenticular47 million ly
apartIC 4617Barred spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 6185Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 4638Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6161Spiral66 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).