NGC 6975
NGC 6975
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6975 as it looked roughly 286 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 6978Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6977Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1331Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular30 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).