NGC 6769
NGC 6769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6769 as it looked roughly 177 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 6770Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 4828Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4828Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6776ABarred spiral10 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).