NGC 6687
NGC 6687
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6687 as it looked roughly 157 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 6750Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6831Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6762Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6381Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6390Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6831Lenticular25 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).