NGC 6854
NGC 6854
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
175k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6854 as it looked roughly 264 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 4961Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4927Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 4994Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4876Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4927Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 4994Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4876Spiral21 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).