NGC 6117
NGC 6117
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6117 as it looked roughly 399 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 6104Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6114Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6105Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6114Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6105Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6116Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6109Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6166CElliptical23 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).