NGC 6969
NGC 6969
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6969 as it looked roughly 186 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 6944ASpiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6927AElliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6954Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1361Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6927AElliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6944Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular25 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).