NGC 6788
NGC 6788
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6788 as it looked roughly 143 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 4817Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 6753Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4837ABarred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4875Irregular9.9 million ly
apartIC 4810Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6753Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4837ABarred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4875Irregular9.9 million ly
apartIC 4810Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4796Lenticular11 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).