NGC 6875A
NGC 6875A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6875A as it looked roughly 148 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 6875Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6861FBarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6893Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6902BSpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6851ABarred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6861FBarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 6893Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6851Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 6902BSpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6851ABarred spiral13 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).