NGC 6816
NGC 6816
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6816 as it looked roughly 281 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 6841Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6805Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 6794Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 6924Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6805Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 6794Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 6924Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical56 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).