NGC 6862
NGC 6862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6862 as it looked roughly 197 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 4952Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 4950Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4978Galaxy10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4950Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 4919Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4978Galaxy10 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).