NGC 6944A
NGC 6944A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6944A as it looked roughly 196 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 6944Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 6969Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6927AElliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6972Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6969Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6927AElliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6927Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 6972Lenticular21 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).