NGC 6677
NGC 6677
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6677 as it looked roughly 316 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 6679Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 6676Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6617Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6607Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6676Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 6650Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6622Spiral19 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).