NGC 6849
NGC 6849
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
282 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
176k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 282 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6849 as it looked roughly 282 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 4931Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 4991Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6806Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6805Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4991Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6806Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6805Elliptical31 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).