NGC 6136
NGC 6136
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
413 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 413 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6136 as it looked roughly 413 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 6157Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6191Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED02Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED01Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6191Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED02Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6090 NED01Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6170Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 6088 NED02Elliptical35 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).