NGC 6861C
NGC 6861C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6861C as it looked roughly 122 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 6861DElliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 6861ESpiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6861Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6861ESpiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6861Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical9.7 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).