NGC 6931
NGC 6931
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6931 as it looked roughly 168 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 1322Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1313Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6903Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6961Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6945Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1313Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 6903Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 6961Elliptical37 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).