NGC 6172
NGC 6172
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6172 as it looked roughly 235 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 6100Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6036Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6037Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6036Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6037Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 6081Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral52 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).