NGC 6170
NGC 6170
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6170 as it looked roughly 429 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 6191Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6095Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6295Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6095Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6157Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6136Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6295Barred spiral34 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).