NGC 6186
NGC 6186
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6186 as it looked roughly 137 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 6267Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6276Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6278Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6168Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6149Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6181Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6276Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6278Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6168Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6149Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6181Spiral27 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).