NGC 6954
NGC 6954
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6954 as it looked roughly 188 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 6962Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6965Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6969Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6965Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6969Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular16 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).