NGC 6956
NGC 6956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6956 as it looked roughly 217 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 6972Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6988Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6927AElliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6930Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6988Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6928Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6927AElliptical20 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).