NGC 6808
NGC 6808
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6808 as it looked roughly 157 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 4934Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 4962Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4960Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4964Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5023Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4962Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4960Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4964Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5023Spiral18 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).