NGC 6363
NGC 6363
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6363 as it looked roughly 412 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
IC 1263Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6343Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6343Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6301Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6332Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6320Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6329Elliptical39 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).