NGC 6107
NGC 6107
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
431 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
199k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 431 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6107 as it looked roughly 431 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 6108Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED02Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6110Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED02Spiral18 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).