NGC 6921
NGC 6921
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6921 as it looked roughly 213 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 7052Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 7028Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 6956Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 7025Spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7028Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 6956Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 7025Spiral54 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).