NGC 6130
NGC 6130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6130 as it looked roughly 236 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 6206Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6198Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6213Galaxy19 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).