NGC 6848
NGC 6848
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6848 as it looked roughly 204 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 6855Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 4950Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6867Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 6862Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4950Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 4952Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6867Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 6862Barred spiral7.5 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).