NGC 6126
NGC 6126
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6126 as it looked roughly 455 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 1208Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6129Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6122Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6129Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6122Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6112Elliptical20 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).