NGC 6263
NGC 6263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6263 as it looked roughly 482 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 6269Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6272Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6271Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6272Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6261Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6264Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6271Elliptical12 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).