NGC 1956
NGC 1956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1956 as it looked roughly 226 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 2012Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 2160Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2089Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2144Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2103Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2160Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 2089Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2144Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2103Spiral28 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).