NGC 6762
NGC 6762
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6762 as it looked roughly 140 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 6869Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6949Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6831Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6829Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6949Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6831Lenticular26 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).