NGC 6181
NGC 6181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6181 as it looked roughly 111 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 6149Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6168Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6035Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1151Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4582Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6168Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 6035Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1151Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6186Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4582Barred spiral27 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).