NGC 6880
NGC 6880
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6880 as it looked roughly 184 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 6877Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 4967Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4967Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 6876Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 6876ABarred spiral8.0 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).