NGC 6959
NGC 6959
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6959 as it looked roughly 171 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 6961Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6967Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6967Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical20 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).