NGC 6671
NGC 6671
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6671 as it looked roughly 150 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 6674Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 6602Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6586Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6602Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6599Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6586Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6587Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6484Barred spiral28 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).