NGC 6104
NGC 6104
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6104 as it looked roughly 389 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 6117Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6105Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6114Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6105Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6114Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical36 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).