NGC 6187
NGC 6187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6187 as it looked roughly 255 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 6213Galaxy7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6198Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6198Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6189Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1231Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6182Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6143Spiral15 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).