NGC 6758
NGC 6758
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6758 as it looked roughly 159 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 4832Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4826Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular7.5 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).