NGC 6680
NGC 6680
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6680 as it looked roughly 189 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 6658Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 6641Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6740Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6641Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6660Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6628Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 6710Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 6740Spiral30 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).