NGC 6782
NGC 6782
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6782 as it looked roughly 184 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 4845Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 4843Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 6770Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 6769Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 4854Spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4843Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 6770Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 6769Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6771Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 4854Spiral8.9 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).