NGC 6676
NGC 6676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6676 as it looked roughly 322 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 6679Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 6677Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6617Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6677Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6617Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral34 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).