NGC 6110
NGC 6110
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6110 as it looked roughly 426 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 6107Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6114Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6108Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6114Spiral16 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).