NGC 6877
NGC 6877
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6877 as it looked roughly 186 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 4967Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6880Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular7.5 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).