NGC 6118
NGC 6118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6118 as it looked roughly 73 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 6106Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1197Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6017Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1158Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6070Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1197Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6017Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1158Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6070Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral21 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).