NGC 6739
NGC 6739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6739 as it looked roughly 198 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 6746Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 4838Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4827Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4831Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4838Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4827Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 4836Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4842Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4831Barred spiral7.6 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).