NGC 6113
NGC 6113
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
417 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 417 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6113 as it looked roughly 417 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
IC 1209Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6083Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6078Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6099Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6083Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6078Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6084Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6099Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 6047Elliptical42 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).