NGC 6132
NGC 6132
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6132 as it looked roughly 231 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 6081Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1196Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1196Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1199Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1174Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6073Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1149Barred spiral28 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).