NGC 6154
NGC 6154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6154 as it looked roughly 278 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 1211Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1153Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1152Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1226Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6211Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1153Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 1152Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1226Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6211Lenticular40 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).