NGC 6747
NGC 6747
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
542 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 542 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6747 as it looked roughly 542 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 6461Spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical82 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical85 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical87 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical97 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6463Elliptical82 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical85 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical87 million ly
apartNGC 6303Elliptical97 million ly
apartNGC 6289Elliptical100 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).