NGC 6865
NGC 6865
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6865 as it looked roughly 222 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 6897Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6898Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1320Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6915Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6900Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 6898Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1320Barred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 6915Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical56 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).