NGC 6906
NGC 6906
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6906 as it looked roughly 226 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 6901Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 6917Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1320Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6917Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1320Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical23 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).