NGC 6373
NGC 6373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6373 as it looked roughly 154 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 6381Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6385Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6385Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6262Elliptical12 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).