NGC 6764
NGC 6764
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6764 as it looked roughly 112 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 6798Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6757Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6675Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6757Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6675Barred spiral24 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).