NGC 6814
NGC 6814
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6814 as it looked roughly 73 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 6821Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 6835Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6836Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 5078Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7077Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6509Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6835Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6836Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 5078Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7077Elliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 6509Spiral43 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).