NGC 6108
NGC 6108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6108 as it looked roughly 433 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 6107Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED02Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6112Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6089 NED02Spiral19 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).