NGC 6203
NGC 6203
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
517 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 517 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6203 as it looked roughly 517 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 6201Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 4609Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6233Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6243Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6228Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4609Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6233Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6243Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6228Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 4630Lenticular50 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).