NGC 6106
NGC 6106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6106 as it looked roughly 68 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
IC 1197Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6118Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6017Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5984Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6012Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6118Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5921Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6017Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 5984Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6012Barred spiral20 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).