NGC 6915
NGC 6915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6915 as it looked roughly 264 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 6922Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 6926Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6929Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6926Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6929Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6900Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral37 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).