NGC 6944
NGC 6944
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6944 as it looked roughly 208 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 6927Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 6927AElliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6972Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6917Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6927AElliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6944ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6972Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6917Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 6930Barred spiral15 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).