NGC 6831
NGC 6831
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6831 as it looked roughly 160 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 6829Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6824Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6750Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6824Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6750Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular26 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).