NGC 6168
NGC 6168
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6168 as it looked roughly 118 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 6149Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6181Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6035Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1151Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6276Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6181Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6035Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1151Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6276Spiral25 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).