NGC 6114
NGC 6114
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
410 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 410 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6114 as it looked roughly 410 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 6105Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6117Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6116Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6110Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6117Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6107Elliptical21 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).