NGC 6109
NGC 6109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6109 as it looked roughly 416 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 6116Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6114Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6105Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6114Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6105Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral17 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).