NGC 6160
NGC 6160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
443 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
231k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 443 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6160 as it looked roughly 443 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 6166Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6159Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6141Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6159Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4610Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6141Barred spiral25 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).