NGC 6125
NGC 6125
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6125 as it looked roughly 216 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 6130Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6206Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6206Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1241Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral32 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).