NGC 6753
NGC 6753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6753 as it looked roughly 147 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
IC 4810Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4817Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4817Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6788Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 4856Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical12 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).