NGC 6861F
NGC 6861F
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6861F as it looked roughly 150 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 6875ABarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6875Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6893Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6851ABarred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 6851BBarred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6875Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 6893Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6851ABarred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 6851BBarred spiral11 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).