NGC 6173
NGC 6173
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
410 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
242k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 410 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6173 as it looked roughly 410 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 6150Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED01Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED02Irregular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6147Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6166BSpiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6175 NED01Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6175 NED02Irregular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6147Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 6166BSpiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical9.4 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).