NGC 6876
NGC 6876
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6876 as it looked roughly 180 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 4981Irregular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6880Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 5024Galaxy6.6 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).