NGC 6916
NGC 6916
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
144 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 144 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6916 as it looked roughly 144 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 6829Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6831Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6824Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6949Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6869Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6831Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6824Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6949Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6869Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular27 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).