NGC 6810
NGC 6810
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6810 as it looked roughly 89 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 4871Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 4869Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4819Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4901Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4986Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4720Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4869Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4819Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4901Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4986Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4720Barred spiral18 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).