NGC 6770
NGC 6770
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6770 as it looked roughly 181 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 6769Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 6782Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 4828Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4820Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6782Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4845Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 4828Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4820Spiral11 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).