NGC 6158
NGC 6158
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6158 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
NGC 6166BSpiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6150Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 4611Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6173Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6166CElliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 6150Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 4611Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 6173Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical12 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).