NGC 6909
NGC 6909
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6909 as it looked roughly 126 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 6870Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4943Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6902Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6861Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4943Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 6902Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 6868Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 6861Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6861CLenticular9.7 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).