NGC 6463
NGC 6463
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
570 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 570 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6463 as it looked roughly 570 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 6456Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6505Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6461Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical65 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical72 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).