NGC 6143
NGC 6143
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6143 as it looked roughly 247 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 6182Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6130Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1211Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6198Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6187Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6130Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1211Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy17 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).