NGC 6673
NGC 6673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6673 as it looked roughly 53 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 6684AIrregular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6300Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6221Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6215Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5028Irregular27 million ly
apartIC 4869Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6300Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6221Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6215Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5028Irregular27 million ly
apartIC 4869Spiral32 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).