NGC 6129
NGC 6129
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
462 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 462 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6129 as it looked roughly 462 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 6122Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 6142Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1208Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6142Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6126Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1208Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6097Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 4612Lenticular28 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).