NGC 6855
NGC 6855
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6855 as it looked roughly 204 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 4950Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6867Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6862Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6848Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6867Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6862Barred spiral6.9 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).