NGC 6985A
NGC 6985A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6985A as it looked roughly 272 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
IC 1331Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6985Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6898Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6985Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 6968Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1324Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 6898Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 6977Spiral29 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).