NGC 6734
NGC 6734
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6734 as it looked roughly 199 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 6736Elliptical700,000 ly
apartNGC 6718Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4847Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6718Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4847Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 4813Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartIC 4790Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4801Lenticular8.2 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).