NGC 6780
NGC 6780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6780 as it looked roughly 164 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 4844Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4829Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4832Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 6799Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 4829Barred spiral7.5 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).