NGC 6958
NGC 6958
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6958 as it looked roughly 126 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 6925Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6902Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5003Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5007Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6923Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4946Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6902Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5003Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5007Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6923Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4946Lenticular20 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).