NGC 6123
NGC 6123
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6123 as it looked roughly 185 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 6135Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 6244Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6244Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6361Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6247Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 6292Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 6310Barred spiral32 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).