NGC 6303
NGC 6303
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
566 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
242k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 566 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6303 as it looked roughly 566 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 6463Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1154Elliptical70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6456Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 1154Elliptical70 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).