NGC 6783
NGC 6783
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
422 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 422 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6783 as it looked roughly 422 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 6732Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 4772Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 6686Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 6670AGalaxy110 million ly
apartNGC 6670BSpiral110 million ly
apartNGC 6696Galaxy120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4772Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 6686Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 6670AGalaxy110 million ly
apartNGC 6670BSpiral110 million ly
apartNGC 6696Galaxy120 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).