NGC 6869
NGC 6869
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6869 as it looked roughly 127 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 6949Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6911Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral30 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).