NGC 6941
NGC 6941
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6941 as it looked roughly 293 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 6929Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6926Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6978Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6926Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6978Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular24 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).