NGC 6757
NGC 6757
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6757 as it looked roughly 108 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 6798Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6764Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6764Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral29 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).