NGC 6750
NGC 6750
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6750 as it looked roughly 173 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 6701Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6831Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6824Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6411Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6687Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6831Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 6824Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6411Elliptical32 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).