NGC 6148
NGC 6148
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
716 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 716 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6148 as it looked roughly 716 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 4588Elliptical69 million ly
apartIC 4590Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 4639Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1142Barred spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4590Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 4639Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1142Barred spiral140 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).