NGC 6861D
NGC 6861D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6861D as it looked roughly 119 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 6861ESpiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6890Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6861CLenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6890Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical11 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).