NGC 6945
NGC 6945
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6945 as it looked roughly 176 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 6964Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 6961Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6931Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6961Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 6931Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical22 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).