NGC 6679
NGC 6679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6679 as it looked roughly 319 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 6676Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6617Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6677Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6617Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral35 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).