NGC 6073
NGC 6073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6073 as it looked roughly 217 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 1174Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 6021Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6030Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6052 NED01Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6021Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6030Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 6028Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6052 NED01Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 6027CBarred spiral18 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).