NGC 6949
NGC 6949
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6949 as it looked roughly 128 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 6869Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 6911Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6911Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6916Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6762Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 6667Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6829Barred spiral31 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).