NGC 6868
NGC 6868
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6868 as it looked roughly 132 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 6861Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 6861BLenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6861BLenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6870Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 6909Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular10 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).