NGC 6754
NGC 6754
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6754 as it looked roughly 152 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
IC 4877Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4875Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular14 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4810Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4875Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular14 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4810Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral15 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).