NGC 6824
NGC 6824
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6824 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
NGC 6831Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6750Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6829Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6750Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular30 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).