NGC 6798
NGC 6798
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6798 as it looked roughly 114 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 6764Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 6757Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6757Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6796Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6703Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 1291Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral30 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).