NGC 6131
NGC 6131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6131 as it looked roughly 247 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 1226Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6257Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6013Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6257Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6013Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral47 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).