NGC 6112
NGC 6112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
438 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 438 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6112 as it looked roughly 438 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 spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1208Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED02Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6107Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1208Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED02Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical20 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).