NGC 6942
NGC 6942
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6942 as it looked roughly 153 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 6948Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 5063Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 5059Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 5064Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5036Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7007Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5063Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartIC 5059Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 5064Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5036Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7007Elliptical18 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).