NGC 6829
NGC 6829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6829 as it looked roughly 154 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 6831Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 6824Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6750Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6824Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 6687Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6750Spiral25 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).