NGC 6962
NGC 6962
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6962 as it looked roughly 196 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 6965Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6961Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6954Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 6961Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral24 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).