NGC 6653
NGC 6653
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6653 as it looked roughly 241 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 4747Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4654Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4661Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4862Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4654Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4661Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4862Barred spiral31 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).