NGC 6787
NGC 6787
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
549 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 549 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6787 as it looked roughly 549 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 6817 NED02Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 6505Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 6747Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6505Elliptical100 million ly
apartNGC 6462Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 6747Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6463Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 6456Elliptical120 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).