NGC 6897
NGC 6897
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6897 as it looked roughly 248 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 6898Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 6985Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6865Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy36 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6985Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6865Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 6985AGalaxy36 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral42 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).