NGC 6675
NGC 6675
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6675 as it looked roughly 116 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 6703Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6585Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6764Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6798Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6585Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6764Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1265Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6798Lenticular32 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).