NGC 6792
NGC 6792
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6792 as it looked roughly 216 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 6745 NED01Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 6702Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6711Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1302Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1303Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1301Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6702Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 6711Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1302Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1303Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1301Lenticular37 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).