NGC 6841
NGC 6841
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6841 as it looked roughly 271 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 6816Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 6805Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6947Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4931Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 6805Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 6947Barred spiral44 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).