NGC 6812
NGC 6812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6812 as it looked roughly 212 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 4883Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 4882Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4884Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4881Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4935Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4882Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4884Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4881Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4935Barred spiral13 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).