NGC 6805
NGC 6805
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6805 as it looked roughly 278 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 6794Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6806Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6768Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4931Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 6806Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6768Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 4926Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical31 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).