NGC 6917
NGC 6917
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6917 as it looked roughly 219 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 6930Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6901Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6906Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6928Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6901Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 6906Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical15 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).