NGC 6961
NGC 6961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6961 as it looked roughly 173 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 6967Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 6959Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6959Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 6964Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 6945Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 6954Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1317Elliptical19 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).