NGC 6929
NGC 6929
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6929 as it looked roughly 287 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 6926Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6941Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6922Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6915Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6978Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6941Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6922Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 6915Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 6975Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6978Barred spiral30 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).