NGC 6163
NGC 6163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
484 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 484 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6163 as it looked roughly 484 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 6161Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6185Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6085Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6185Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4614Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 6085Spiral41 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).