NGC 6116
NGC 6116
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6116 as it looked roughly 415 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 6109Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6114Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6105Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6114Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6105Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6108Barred spiral18 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).