NGC 6861
NGC 6861
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6861 as it looked roughly 131 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 6861BLenticular990,000 ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6868Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical9.3 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).