NGC 6955
NGC 6955
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6955 as it looked roughly 383 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 6957Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 1360Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5050Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7001Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1327Lenticular73 million ly
apartIC 5111Barred spiral77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1360Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5050Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 7001Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 1327Lenticular73 million ly
apartIC 5111Barred spiral77 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).