NGC 6861E
NGC 6861E
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6861E as it looked roughly 118 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 6861DElliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6890Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6861CLenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6890Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical11 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).