NGC 6983
NGC 6983
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6983 as it looked roughly 236 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 7014Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7038Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6987Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7057Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6970Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7038Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6987Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7057Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6970Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7060Spiral25 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).