NGC 6343
NGC 6343
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6343 as it looked roughly 386 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 6320Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6301Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6336Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6363Elliptical28 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).