NGC 6889
NGC 6889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6889 as it looked roughly 118 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 6887Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4888Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4889Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6861ESpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6861DElliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4888Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4889Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 6861ESpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6861DElliptical12 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).