NGC 6166
NGC 6166
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
436 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
271k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 436 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6166 as it looked roughly 436 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 4610Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6160Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6137Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6119Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4612Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6160Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6137Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6180Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6119Spiral20 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).