NGC 6105
NGC 6105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6105 as it looked roughly 407 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 6114Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6117Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6104Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6116Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 6117Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6104Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral19 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).