NGC 6799
NGC 6799
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6799 as it looked roughly 159 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 4856Irregular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 6780Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6780Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4844Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6758Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 4832Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4826Spiral8.8 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).