NGC 6912
NGC 6912
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6912 as it looked roughly 329 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 1319Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1321Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1309Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 6924Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1321Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1309Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 6924Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 1333Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular66 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).