NGC 6890
NGC 6890
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6890 as it looked roughly 112 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 6861DElliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6861ESpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5011Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6861ESpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 5011Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral18 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).